The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-01-20
The Walls Settling and the Building
in Bad Condition.
Peculiar Report Made by an Exam
ming Committee.
They Say They Find the Building in
Excellent Shape.
But Make Recommendations for Re-
pairing the Same,
Which Go to Show the Old Rat-Trap
is TumbIing Down.

Meesrs. A. L. Gibson, K. w. Hall and
L. w. Lewis, who were appointed by the
county commissioners to examine and
report on the condition of the court house,
looked over the ground to-day, and the
following is report:
EMPoRIA, Jan. Is. 1887.
To the Honorable Board Of County Com
nlisSfORers Of Lyon County, RGs:
We. the committee appointed by your
honorable board, respectfully report that
we have carefully examined the court
house building, and found it apparently In
good repair.
We, your committee, ind that the
northwest corner of said court house IL
settling, and would recommend putting
in q stone buttrsss, with concrete founda-
ing, to extend to bottom of water table
and to slope down to grade. Also TO put
the same kind Of buttress between the
windows.
We would also recommend putting the
same kind Of buttress on south side Of
building, near the center OF building.
We would also recommend putting two
iron rods through the building at SEC
ond floor; also an iron rod through the
building beneath first floor.
(Signed) A. L, GIBSON,
L. w. LEWIS,
z. W. HALL,
COMMITTEES.
From the above report 1t will be seen
that, while this committee in the first
clause state that they find the building in
apparently good repair, the very next and
all the following clauses, show that they
in fact did not find it so, as they recon-
mend putting in stone buttresses a. sew
eral places and three iron rods through
the building to keep 1t from falling down.
The fact of the matter Is that the foun.
dation walls are rapidly sinking since the
frost has commenced to come out of the
ground, the walls are far out of plumb,
and the building is actually in an unsafe
condition or these repairs would not have
been made.
Mr.. Lewis. on being asked if ne thought
it unsafe to hold large meeting:ln the
building, said he thought not, but on be-
ing asked when the repairs ought to be
made, answered, Immediately. 1t can
not be done too soon. Work should be com.
menced at once without the loss of day.
From the above statements our readers
can draw their own conclusions.
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